Fishbowl by Microsoft Review

Fishbowl is an application introduced by Microsoft that can view your Facebook account as in your browser.It is aslo can good tools to view your photos in Facebook.It also supports Windows 7 jumplists and Aero Peek.Installing this application requires Microsoft Silverlight to install.



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Solve Problem When Installing Zune Software

When you have downloaded the Zune Software setup from Zune.com you found that it says yoour computer need to run Windows Update in order to install Zune software.You can solve this problem by go to this website:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6136349f-2b32-4946-83b5-a09775531ef4&displaylang=en

Download the Zune Client software,version 4.0 and install it again.

GIMP Software Review

GIMP is a popular free image editing software that commonly used by people around the world.

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo-retouching program, an online batch-processing system, a mass production image renderer, or an image-format converter. GIMP is modular, expandable, and extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most complex image-manipulation procedures to be easily scripted.

GIMP official website click here
More information on this software on wikipedia click here

Use Windows 7 Themes on Windows Vista and Windows XP

Microsoft released theme pack for Windows 7 that contains many wallpapers and shell file.The wallpaper will change accordingly to the time that set by the user.

If you want to use this wallpaper in your Windows Vista or Windows XP system,you can do it.

First download and install 7-zip from here

Use 7-zip to extract the file,like this...

Then you can see a folder that contain pictures and theme file,you can use the pictures as your wallpaper.

If you like the wallpaper slide show function in Windows 7,you can try the alternative program such as John's Background Switcher or Wally

John's Background Switcher screen shots:


Review of John's Background Switcher click here

Wally screen shots:

Review of Wally click here

To download more themes from Microsoft click here

Original Story click here

Paint.NET Software Review

Paint.NET is popular free image editing software that commonly used by people around the world.

If all you want is a quick image retouch, Photoshop is overkill. Paint.NET, on the other hand, is an open-source freeware editor with all the essentials, including tools to crop, rotate, and resize images, adjust colors, and create collages. It supports common image formats--JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and others--but not high-resolution RAW files. There are enough basic and intermediate effects and features to keep image-tweakers happy, including a red-eye removal tool that has seen dramatic improvements. Unlike most free image editors, Paint.NET supports layers, history, and has an actions manager. The pleasing interface boasts semitransparent windows for ease of use.

Version 3.5 addresses many performance quibbles and offers some interface tweaks for the Aero-theme users, but fans of the "dancing ants" may not like the gray-overlay changes made to the selection tools. The useful tools under Effects on the menu bar have seen many additions since version 3, including surface blurs, dents, and crystalize.

The new version automatically downloads and installs the program's prerequisites, including the latest Microsoft .Net version and Windows Installer. It will update in the background now, too, so you can continue to use the program until it's ready to restart. Longtime users should notice that the program starts up about 20 percent faster, according to the publisher. Regardless of minor problems, Paint.NET is far more advanced than Microsoft Paint, and given its free price, it's a must-have for anyone needing to fix images. Seth Rosenblatt(cnet.com)

Official Software Website click here

More information on this software on wikipedia click here

Steps to install Virtualbox in Windows

innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

VirtualBox runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD.

VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while innotek ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.(information from download.com)

This are the steps to install virtualbox...
-download the latest virtualbox setup from this webpage,you can download the user manual as well.
-run it

click next

acept and click next

configure the location and features to install virtualbox then click next

click next


installation will disconnect your network connection,click next

click next


installing in process...

a warning message says that the software did not passed the Windows Logo testing(i tried for version 2.2.2 and 2.2.4 but the same thing happens),continue anyway,this software is very safe when i using it on my windows xp.

installation finished,click finish

the user interface of virtualbox

These are the steps of installing virtualbox on windows OS.Enjoy.
Steps to install Windows 7 in virtualbox go here.

Get Transparent Taskbar in Windows

Transparent TaskBar allows you to adjust easily adjust your taskbar's transparency level for free. The adjustment is in real time, allowing you to watch your taskbar change transparently as you slide your mouse up and down the transparency scale. No need to reconfigure your transparency setting every time you reboot. Transparent TaskBar will remember your settings, and automatically re apply them when you restart (optional).(information from download.com)

To download Transparent Taskbar,go to http://www.download.com/Transparent-TaskBar/3000-2072_4-10456716.html

Rainlender,an alternative for Windows Sidebar Calendar

Rainlender Lite is a free calendar application which can make your life easier.Its appearance looks almost the same with Windows Sidebar Calendar but itself added "event",and "to do" list.With this,user wont missed anythings important in daily life.Not just like this,user also can download various type of skin from its main site.

To dowload Rainlender Lite,go to http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php?option=com_rny_download&Itemid=30

To download Rainlender skin,go to http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php?option=com_rny_skins&Itemid=33

How To Burn An ISO File To A DVD

Recently public can download Windows 7 Beta from Microsft website by free.After download the huge 2.44GB file,what to do if your PC does not have an ISO burner software?Try Active ISO Burner>>http://www.download.com/Active-ISO-Burner/3000-2646_4-10602452.html?tag=mncol

Active ISO Burner will allow you to burn an ISO image file to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+R DL(Dual Layer), DVD-RW and DVD+RW (including double layer, DL). Active@ ISO Burner software accepts command line parameters to automate ISO images burning process.(information from download.com)

Get Aero Shake Function in Windows Vista and Windows XP

Aero Shake is a new features that included in the new Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.With this features,user just "shake" a windows,the windows at the back will automatically minimized,"shake" it again the windows minimized will be restored.

Windows Vista and Windows XP user can try Aero Shake with this freeware from http://aero-shake.en.softonic.com/download

Aero Snap Function in Windows Vista and Windows XP

Aero Snap is a new function that introduced in the new Microsoft Windows 7. This function is very usefull for those user who always working with 2 windows.With just drag and drop the windows,user will get a result like this>>
Now with an alternative freeware,Windows XP and Windows Vista user also can try Aero Snap in their own PC.Just download the software from http://aerosnap.de/eng/download.htm and install it.